Two on. Ninth inning. One out. Down by one run. Who do you want up? The top of your lineup. Presumably your two best hitters. The two guys you lavished with long-term, hundred-million-dollar contracts. Marcus Semiem pops up mildly on an 0-2 pitch. Not advancing a runner. Corey Seager lines […]
This is one of those rare weeks when the Rangers had two off-days. The good thing about that is, it allows them to skip their fifth man in the rotation. Off-days also give the staff at RR3 time to check the Rangers stats and leader boards. After 68 games, the […]
It’s funny how this sport, and every other major league sport, has done a 180 on its opinion or and support for gambling. Ever since the Black Sox scandal of 1919, gambling has been a taboo subject in Major League Baseball, and rightfully so. The integrity of the game is […]
It was a dream, right? It wasn’t real, right? Martin Perez’s career had always been punctuated by stretches of brilliance wrapped around far too many longer stretches of frustration. So, this stretch of brilliance we were seeing from Perez earlier on wasn’t sustainable, right? It was just Martin being Martin […]
The All-Star Game is four weeks away. Of course, the Rangers are bombarding fans with calls to elect as many Rangers as possible. Teams do that every year. “Send as many Rangers to the All-Star Game as you can.” That’s such an annoying practice. The All-Star Game is supposed to […]
When you look at the last two games, games the Rangers lost against a team they should have easily beaten, against a team that is the 2022 version of what they were in 2021, you have to put it into perspective. This team lost 102 games last season. It wasn’t […]
One of the frustrations with being a fan is when you root for a player to succeed and he simply doesn’t. Remember Ronald Guzman? Or Nomar Mazara? Or Ryan Rua? Mike Olt, Joey Gallo, Lewis Brinson. The list is seemingly endless. Add Taylor Hearn to that list. He’s a local […]
Jim Bowden, the former general manager of the Reds and Nationals, and current talking voice on MLB Network Radio, is also a contributor to The Athletic. Yesterday, he released his list of the top 125 players he thinks are trade targets this coming trade deadline, which is 5:00 p.m. Dallas […]
Texas spent half-a-billion-dollars on their Infield of the Future. You see it on display every day in the middle of the Rangers infield. Move your head slightly to the left and you might just see the real future of the Rangers infield. Ezequiel Duran. Duran—not Corey Seager or Marcus Semien—has […]
So, there’s this thing called an immaculate inning. It’s when a pitcher throws nine pitches in an inning and records three strikeouts. It’s strike one, strike two, strike three. Strike one, strike two, strike three. Strike one, strike two, strike three. It’s rare. You’d think it would happen often. Especially […]
